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Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath today asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to construct the country’s biggest cricket stadium having a seating capacity of 75,000 in Ghaziabad.
The foundation laying of the proposed stadium is likely to be held next month when the Adityanath government formally launches industrial and infrastructure projects totalling more than Rs 1 trillion.
The CM said currently the Eden Gardens cricket stadium, Kolkata having a capacity of 65,000 seats was the biggest in the country, even as he said a much bigger stadium in the National Capital Region (NCR) would reap
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